Master Class Star Tyne Daly and Author Terrence McNally Talk Callas With Charlie Rose

Tyne Daly and Terrence McNally, the star and author of Master Class, recently sat down with Charlie Rose for an in-depth interview about Manhattan Theatre Club’s hit Broadway revival of the Tony-winning play. McNally cracks the host up when explaining how he came to cast Daly as Maria Callas, explaining that he asked himself, “Who had the balls to follow Ethel Merman in Gypsy? Tyne Daly did.” For her part, Daly describes an actor’s function as being “a professional liar.” Click below to watch the full hour of fascinating chat with Rose, Daly and McNally.